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  1. Treatment of Wastewaters with Anaerobic Technology

    The forest industry utilizes wood and other lignocellulosic feedstocks as raw materials for the production of paper. The major constituents of wood...
    Pratima Bajpai, Pramod K. Bajpai, Ryuichiro Kondo in Biotechnology for Environmental Protection in the Pulp and Paper Industry
    Chapter 1999

  3. Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

    The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with two fused aromatic rings discussed in this chapter are naphthalene, acenaphthalene, acenaphthylene,...
    Martin H. van Agteren, Sytze Keuning, Dick B. Janssen in Handbook on Biodegradation and Biological Treatment of Hazardous Organic Compounds
    Chapter 1998

  4. Biodegradation of Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds by White-Rot Fungi

    White-rot fungi have the ability to degrade lignin, a biopolymer in wood and woody plants which is resistant to attack by most microorganisms.1...
    Steven D. Aust, James D. Stahl in Biodegradation of Dioxins and Furans
    Chapter 1998

  5. Chlorinated aromatic compounds

    Chloroanilines are aniline derivatives with one up to five chlorine atoms substituted on the aromatic ring, yielding 19 compounds, including three...
    Martin H. van Agteren, Sytze Keuning, Dick B. Janssen in Handbook on Biodegradation and Biological Treatment of Hazardous Organic Compounds
    Chapter 1998

  6. Aromatic compounds

    Benzene is a stable and highly flammable, colorless liquid with a characteristic aromatic odor. It is produced in large quantities (14.8 million...
    Martin H. van Agteren, Sytze Keuning, Dick B. Janssen in Handbook on Biodegradation and Biological Treatment of Hazardous Organic Compounds
    Chapter 1998

  7. Fungal Degradation of Azo Dyes and Its Relationship to their Structure

    Organic chemists add approximately 200,000 new chemicals per year to the millions already used by the USA, Japan, and the advanced industrial nations...
    Andrzej Paszczynski, Stefan Goszczynski, Ronald L. Crawford in Biotechnology in the Sustainable Environment
    Chapter 1997

  8. Preliminary respirometer studies for the bioremediation of PAH contaminated soils

    Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a major source of environmental contamination. The origin of PAH contaminated soil includes abandoned...
    Don C. Haddox, Nancy E. Sauer, Teresa J. Cutright in Global Environmental Biotechnology
    Chapter 1997

  10. Quantification of pentachlorophenol transformation product distribution in the presence of Phanerochaete chrysosporium

    Experiments were carried out to quantify the mineralization and distribution of pentachlorophenol (PCP) by the white rot fungus Phanerochaete...

    A. Badkoubi, D. K. Stevens, I. P. Murarka in Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
    Article 01 January 1996

  11. Biological processes in soil

    This chapter examines the role of the soil population in the transformation of materials in soil, in particular the elements C, N, P and S. The...
    Martin Wood in Environmental Soil Biology
    Chapter 1995

  12. Distribution of Polyphenol Oxidase in Organelles of Hyphae of the Wood-Deteriorating Fungus, Coriolus Versicolor

    Coriolus versicolor, a white-rot Basidiomycete, secretes cellulolytic and ligninolytic enzymes (Higuchi, 1953; Rosenberg, 1979;...
    Nina L. Moore, L. A. Brako, ... B. R. Jones in Mycotoxins, Wood Decay, Plant Stress, Biocorrosion, and General Biodeterioration
    Chapter 1994

  13. Coriolus versicolor, A Model System to Investigate the Biotechnology of Wood-Deteriorating Enzymes

    Coriolus versicolor, a white-rot basidiomycete, elaborates cellulolytic and ligninolytic enzymes both in situ and in vitro (Evans...
    Ann C. Williams, Nina L. Moore, ... Arthur L. Williams in Biodeterioration Research
    Chapter 1990

  14. Immunological Characterization of Fungal Enzymes and Biological Chelators Involved in Lignocellulose Degradation

    Understanding the basic mechanisms underlying wood decay is currently of interest because of the need for decay prevention in in-service wooden...
    Barry Goodell, Jody Jellison in Biodeterioration Research
    Chapter 1990

  15. Changes in Cell Wall Components of White Pine and Maple by White-Rot Fungi

    Few detailed studies have been made of the relative rates of removal of the structural components of wood (cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin)...
    Terry L. Highley, Barbara L. Illman in Biodeterioration Research
    Chapter 1990

  16. Wood Decay: A Review Including Recent Developments

    Wood decay of living trees, which has been explained by the CODIT (corapartmentalization of decay in trees - Shigo and Marx, 1977) model and/or the...
    William V. Dashek, Nina L. Moore, ... Gerald C. Llewellyn in Biodeterioration Research
    Chapter 1990

  17. In Vitro Growth of Coriolus Versicolor, a Wood-Decay Fungus, Responds Differentially to Catechol and Tannic Acid

    Both decay and disease of trees are of great economic importance to the commercial wood products industry. Certain micro-organisms such as the...
    Rosannah Taylor, Gerald C. Llewellyn, ... William V. Dashek in Biodeterioration Research 2
    Chapter 1989

  18. Decomposition of Wood by Brown-Rot Fungi

    Many different types of organisms deteriorate wood, but the greatest damage is microbial decay caused by fungi (Figures 1 and 2). Fungal decay is by...
    Barbara L. Illman, Terry L. Highley in Biodeterioration Research 2
    Chapter 1989
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